Shloka 106

Devanagari script

शुशुभे सा सभा राजन्‌ सिंहैरिव गिरेगुहा । जनमेजय! उस समय परिघके समान सुदृढ़ भुजाओंवाले उन शूरवीर नरेशोंके प्रवेश करनेसे वह सभा उसी प्रकार शोभा पाने लगी

Transliteration

śuśubhe sā sabhā rājan siṃhair iva gire-guhā | janamejaya! tadā parigha-samāna-su-dṛḍha-bhujaiḥ śūra-vīra-nṛpaiḥ praviśadbhiḥ sā sabhā tathā śobhām avāpa yathā siṃha-praveśaiḥ parvata-kandarā suśobhitā bhavati ||

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは言った。「王よ、その王の सभाは、獅子が入って山の洞がいよいよ映えるように、ひときわ輝いた。ジャナメージャヤよ、鉄の棍棒のごとく堅固な腕をもつ勇将の諸王が入場すると、殿堂はいっそう威容を増した。」

Word by Word

• शुशुभे: shone, was splendid
• Type: Verb
• Root: शुभ्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Ātmanepada

• सा: she/that (hall)
• सा: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• सभा: assembly hall
• सभा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सभा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सिंहैः: by/with lions
• सिंहैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिंह
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• इव: like, as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• गिरेः: of a mountain
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरि
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• गुहा: cave
• गुहा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुहा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Janamejaya
• sabhā (royal assembly hall)
• siṃha (lion)
• giri-guhā / parvata-kandarā (mountain cave/cavern)
• parigha (iron club)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how collective strength and disciplined valor can lend grandeur to a public space; ethically, it hints that power, while majestic, also carries the weight of responsibility and the potential to intensify impending conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes the scene of a royal assembly becoming radiant as mighty warrior-kings enter; their formidable presence is compared to lions entering a mountain cave, elevating the atmosphere with awe and latent tension.